All Financial Threats articles – Page 6
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NewsRobinhood braced for multi-million fine in AML probe
Online trading app Robinhood said it expects to pay a $30m (€25.4m) penalty in relation to an anti-money laundering probe of its cryptocurrency business, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing
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NewsNigeria becomes eagle eyed in reporting financial crime
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Nigeria this week launched the Eagle Eye smartphone app to make telling it about economic and financial crimes easier.
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NewsBanks in Latvia improve AML/CTF controls
Latvia’s Finance and Capital Market Commission says banks in the country have implemented numerous changes to improve their internal control systems.
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NewsFinCEN has turned its attention to crypto
The U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has identified cryptocurrencies as one of the anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) priorities.
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NewsDigitalisation increases cybercrime risk
The growth in digitalisation has led to a greater threat of falling victim cybercrime, according to respondents in a survey of the MENA region by data provider Refinitiv.
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NewsEnvironmental crime is money laundering threat says FATF
Countries should view environmental crimes such as illegal forestry, mining, land clearances and waste trafficking – and the associated trading – as a money-laundering (ML) risk, according to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
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NewsHead of Guernsey’s new financial crime agency seeks tougher powers
Kevin Davis, director of the Economic and Financial Crime Bureau in Guernsey, is working on acquiring greater powers to seize illegally acquired cash and property.
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VideoScams: Fuelling the Crypto Fire : A presentation by Scott Johnston, Chainalysis
In its 2021 Crypto Crime Report, Chainalysis, a leading blockchain analysis company, found that scams – ranging from Darknet market abuse, extortion, phishing to Ponzi schemes – continue to be the highest-grossing forms of cryptocurrency-based crime, bringing in around $2.7 billion to criminals.
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VideoOff the Crypto Rollercoaster: Are stable coins and centralised digital currencies ‘safe’ alternatives?
In the face of soaring market values for a variety of cryptocurrencies, public authorities and established financial institutions across the world have been forced to start considering the implications of these assets’ wider usage. Cryptocurrencies are no longer seen to be a ‘fringe’ interest, or of little relevance to the wider economy.
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VideoThe Key to FinCrime? Encryption, Privacy Enhancing Technologies and the data-sharing challenge
A common refrain amongst FinCrime professionals is that it would be easier to take on the criminals if they were more readily able to share sensitive information between organisations.
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VideoTackling the Dark Underbelly of the Illegal Wildlife Trade
Anti-financial crime practitioners know that the illicit trade in wildlife has become a major source of illicit funds in the global criminal economy. But what do practitioners know about how the criminals conduct their business?
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VideoBiden’s Radical Agenda? Jim Richards on the Implications for the Fight Against FinCrime
The Biden Presidency – less than six months old – has been a surprise to many who expected that the vicissitudes of the past four years and the challenges of the pandemic would lead to a period of stability over change. Instead, President Biden seems to have decided to take a different approach, pushing forward with far-reaching economic policies such as the extensive COVID-19 relief act. As some have suggested, if Biden campaigned as a moderate, he appears eager to govern as a radical.
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VideoThe Last Lines of Defence - Strengthening the professions’ fight against FinCrime
Most public attention on the private sector’s efforts against FinCrime is devoted to the role of financial institutions, and in particular, banks. This is quite logical, given the centrality of their roles as the gatekeepers of the financial system, and the parts they have unwittingly played in moving illicit funds around the global economy.
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VideoMoving the Needle - Defining, measuring, and improving FinCrime effectiveness
Many key players in the FinCrime world have been seeking to define the term ‘effectiveness’. Following the lead of the global standard setters, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), most regulators have sought to assess the issue through subjective evaluations of ‘how well’ businesses meet their compliance obligations.
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VideoPutting Corruption on Notice Bill Browder in conversation with Oliver Bullough
Leading international law enforcement agencies such as Europol tell us that corruption has become one of the most vital enablers of serious organised crime and financial criminality – and a problem that touches not only so-called ‘high risk’ emerging markets, but developed societies too.
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VideoA Talk on the Wild Side - A conversation on the Wildlife-FinCrime nexus with John Scanlon
The potential link between the illegal wildlife trade and the spread of COVID-19 has focused attention once again on the trafficking and exploitation of wild animals, as well as plants.
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NewsFCA warns of dangers from unregistered crypto companies
The 111 crypto asset firms operating in the UK without registration pose a risk to the broader financial system, according to Mark Steward, head of enforcement and market oversight at the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA).
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EventFinCrime World Forum deep-dives into corruption, dirty money, and the fight against kleptocracy
Today at FinCrime World Forum, award-winning investigative reporter and Financial Times investigations correspondent, Tom Burgis, discussed the inner workings of a growing global network of kleptocratic elites.
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EventFinCrime World Forum focusses on the stark reality of financial crime facing the EU, with Europol’s Burkhard Mühl
Day two of FinCrime World Forum begins with an investigation into the sheer scale and complexity of the financial crime crisis facing governments across Europe and beyond
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NewsMalta’s ‘wild west’ beginnings as blockchain island catch FAFT’s eye
Members of the Financial Action Task Force (FAFT) have voiced concerns about the estimated €60bn ($71bn) of cryptocurrency and other virtual assets which moved through Malta in a ‘wild west’ period after the government declared the country a blockchain island in 2017.
